# Claude 2 vs Qwen3.8 27B

> Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 24.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-vs-qwen3-8-27b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 2

## Summary

- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.8 27B in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.8 27B leads 35.7 to 8.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 51.9% for Claude 2 and 88% for Qwen3.8 27B.
- Qwen3.8 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 24.7 | 45.3 |
| Rank | 342 | 64 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.99 |
| Output $/M | — | $1.49 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 2: —
- Qwen3.8 27B: 50.3 (#42)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1592 |
| SciCode | — | 46.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1487 |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2: 20.8 (#213)
- Qwen3.8 27B: 31.5 (#71)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 88% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.08 | 149.38 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 54.5% |
| CritPt | — | 5.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1459 |
| LMCA | — | 41.4% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 45% |

## Math

- Claude 2: 8.7 (#314)
- Qwen3.8 27B: 35.7 (#139)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| ProofBench | — | 16% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1453 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2: 17.0 (#282)
- Qwen3.8 27B: 40.9 (#105)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1482 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |

## Multimodal

- Claude 2: —
- Qwen3.8 27B: 40.5 (#36)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1270 |

## Multilingual

- Claude 2: —
- Qwen3.8 27B: 54.0 (#54)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1431 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1504 |
| LMArena French | — | 1468 |
| LMArena German | — | 1435 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1392 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1389 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1421 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1444 |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 2: —
- Qwen3.8 27B: 75.8 (#54)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1436 |

## Long Context

- Claude 2: —
- Qwen3.8 27B: 44.3 (#66)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1448 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 2: —
- Qwen3.8 27B: 65.9 (#41)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1382 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1671 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1443 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2 better than Qwen3.8 27B?

Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 24.7 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Qwen3.8 27B share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 27B has 28.